by e-LawLines | Jun 6, 2011 | Employment Law, Litigation
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed Senate Bill 188, stating that to thrive in a global economy, Missouri must be a state that continues to move forward – not backward – when it comes to civil rights and equal opportunity. “Senate Bill 188 would...
by e-LawLines | May 25, 2011 | Employment Law, Litigation, Small Business Law
A recent decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals limited the scope of the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Burch, 489 U.S. 101 (1989). In Firestone, the Supreme Court held that “a denial of benefits challenged under § 1132(a)(1)(B)...
by e-LawLines | May 13, 2011 | Employment Law, Litigation
A Minnesota District Court recently held that a returning to work member of the National Guard was subject to proper termination for failure to comply with his employer’s call-in policy. That policy required all employees to report absences directly to a manager, not...
by David P. Weiss | Feb 21, 2011 | Employment Law, Small Business Law
When business owners hear the term “COBRA,” most (hopefully) skip past the images of fangs and hissing and think of employee health care benefits, which, come to think of it, have their own type of fangs and hissing. Larger employers usually lean on human...
by e-LawLines | Nov 16, 2010 | Employment Law
“If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you’d have invented Facebook.” — Mark Zuckerberg, from the movie, “The Social Network” “The Social Network” movie is a fictional story of the birth of Facebook, but more...
by e-LawLines | Sep 16, 2010 | Employment Law
2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. A key distinction between the ADA and other anti-discrimination laws is the requirement for employers to make “reasonable accommodation” for the...
